A little about me, I am 20-something years old and travelled with my girlfriend to celebrate our anniversary / valentines day. This was my 20th cruise, and her 2nd cruise. I hadn't sailed on Carnival since 2000, but after trying out Carnival after a long departure from the line, I can gladly say I will be back.

TRAVEL TO PORT OF BALTIMORE:

We were traveling from Washington D.C., and since neither of us have cars we figured the easiest way to get to the port would be to take the Amtrak to Baltimore and then a cab to the port. Well, this didn't happen entirely as planned. When we got to Union Station in D.C., we found that our 11:00am train was delayed at least an hour. Because the gate agent could not give us even the slightest clue as to to when the train would actually be arriving, and because we didn't want to miss the cruise, we decided to take a cab straight from DC to the Baltimore Port. The cab cost about $60, and we gave the driver a $20 tip because clearly he would not have a return fare back to DC. Even though this was more expensive than we would have liked, it was well worth it. We arrived at the port at around 12:30pm. Read more